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Sun, 03 Nov 2013 03:47:50 -0800Sun, 03 Nov 2013 03:47:50 -0800http://www.flickr.com/http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3623/buddyicons/34127797@N02.jpg?1298804900#34127797@N02Uploads from antonyspencer, tagged snowhttp://www.flickr.com/photos/antonyspencer/tags/snow/
Lofoten Curveshttp://www.flickr.com/photos/antonyspencer/10644090533/
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<p>Due to popular demand I have just added a final Lofoten Island winter landscape and aurora tour to the calendar this winter. Its a 7 night tour staying in the ultimate position in the Lofoten Islands. February is my favourite month in Arctic Norway with a great deal of snow and ice around and normally settled weather which is perfect for auroras!<br />
More information can be found here- <a href="http://antonyspencer.com/photography-workshops/view/winter-in-the-lofoten-islands" rel="nofollow">antonyspencer.com/photography-workshops/view/winter-in-th...</a><br />
This image is just around the corner from our accommodation and was made in February last year!</p>Sun, 03 Nov 2013 03:47:50 -08002013-11-03T11:46:54-08:00nobody@flickr.com (antonyspencer)tag:flickr.com,2004:/photo/10644090533Lofoten Curves<p>Due to popular demand I have just added a final Lofoten Island winter landscape and aurora tour to the calendar this winter. Its a 7 night tour staying in the ultimate position in the Lofoten Islands. February is my favourite month in Arctic Norway with a great deal of snow and ice around and normally settled weather which is perfect for auroras!<br />
More information can be found here- <a href="http://antonyspencer.com/photography-workshops/view/winter-in-the-lofoten-islands" rel="nofollow">antonyspencer.com/photography-workshops/view/winter-in-th...</a><br />
This image is just around the corner from our accommodation and was made in February last year!</p>antonyspencerwinter snow storm beach norway river islands arctic curve scandinavia lofoten lofotenislands uttakleiv haukland vision:outdoor=097 vision:sky=0748The frozen Househttp://www.flickr.com/photos/antonyspencer/8461415416/
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<p>Aurora dances over a frozen house in the far north of Sweden. With temperatures down as low as -40C its not surprising the house is completely encrusted in ice. The challenge was getting to this house through well over a metre of snow!<br />
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I'm leading a workshop in early May in Micheldever Wood to capture the incredible display of bluebells. There are also a few places remaining on tours to the USA including the Deserts of the SW and Stormchasing! Please see my profile for links to my website for more information.</p>Sun, 10 Feb 2013 03:40:04 -08002013-02-10T11:46:31-08:00nobody@flickr.com (antonyspencer)tag:flickr.com,2004:/photo/8461415416The frozen House<p>Aurora dances over a frozen house in the far north of Sweden. With temperatures down as low as -40C its not surprising the house is completely encrusted in ice. The challenge was getting to this house through well over a metre of snow!<br />
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I'm leading a workshop in early May in Micheldever Wood to capture the incredible display of bluebells. There are also a few places remaining on tours to the USA including the Deserts of the SW and Stormchasing! Please see my profile for links to my website for more information.</p>antonyspencertrees house snow ice night forest finland frozen sweden aurora spencer scandinavia antony auroraborealisAurora Borealis, Swedenhttp://www.flickr.com/photos/antonyspencer/7450229798/
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<p>A beautiful curved band of aurora over snow covered trees in Swedish Lapland.</p>Tue, 26 Jun 2012 13:50:44 -07002012-02-27T02:17:39-08:00nobody@flickr.com (antonyspencer)tag:flickr.com,2004:/photo/7450229798Aurora Borealis, Sweden<p>A beautiful curved band of aurora over snow covered trees in Swedish Lapland.</p>antonyspencertrees winter snow cold night forest stars frozen sweden aurora lapland astronomy scandinavia kiruna auroraborealis earthandspace nordbotten top20aurora bestnewcomer competition:astrophoto=2012Arctic Beachhttp://www.flickr.com/photos/antonyspencer/7294214830/
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<p>First light strikes mountains on the Lofoten Island of Flakstadøya. <br />
If you would like a chance to photograph scenes like this in November there is a competition on the Light &amp; Land website at the moment with a prize of a place on tour to Arctic Norway to photograph the arctic shores and the northern lights with myself and Charlie Waite. All you need to do is upload up to three images and share them everywhere you can to receive as many votes as possible. One image from the 10 images with the most votes will be selected by the judges to win the tour place. A link to the competition is here- <a href="http://www.lightandland.co.uk/competition/" rel="nofollow">www.lightandland.co.uk/competition/</a></p>Tue, 29 May 2012 05:00:19 -07002012-02-23T08:24:18-08:00nobody@flickr.com (antonyspencer)tag:flickr.com,2004:/photo/7294214830Arctic Beach<p>First light strikes mountains on the Lofoten Island of Flakstadøya. <br />
If you would like a chance to photograph scenes like this in November there is a competition on the Light &amp; Land website at the moment with a prize of a place on tour to Arctic Norway to photograph the arctic shores and the northern lights with myself and Charlie Waite. All you need to do is upload up to three images and share them everywhere you can to receive as many votes as possible. One image from the 10 images with the most votes will be selected by the judges to win the tour place. A link to the competition is here- <a href="http://www.lightandland.co.uk/competition/" rel="nofollow">www.lightandland.co.uk/competition/</a></p>antonyspencerwinter snow seascape mountains ice beach nature norway landscape view arctic lofoten lofotenislands flakstad flakstadøyaHamnøy Harbourhttp://www.flickr.com/photos/antonyspencer/7197943724/
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<p>The beautiful harbour at Hamnøy near Reine in the Lofoten Islands, Arctic Norway. <br />
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I havent really done any photography since returning from the last Norway trip in March, I'm really looking forward to storm chasing in the states in a few weeks time though, will be interesting for sure. For once I'm hoping for some seriously bad weather for a change!<br />
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I have just had my website re built and put loads of new images online also for anyone who is interested. I still have a few places left for workshops to this part of the world next winter also, please see my details on my contact page if you would like to know more.<br />
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Its been a while since I posted anything so hope you guys are all well?</p>Mon, 14 May 2012 12:02:31 -07002012-02-23T10:04:23-08:00nobody@flickr.com (antonyspencer)tag:flickr.com,2004:/photo/7197943724Hamnøy Harbour<p>The beautiful harbour at Hamnøy near Reine in the Lofoten Islands, Arctic Norway. <br />
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I havent really done any photography since returning from the last Norway trip in March, I'm really looking forward to storm chasing in the states in a few weeks time though, will be interesting for sure. For once I'm hoping for some seriously bad weather for a change!<br />
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I have just had my website re built and put loads of new images online also for anyone who is interested. I still have a few places left for workshops to this part of the world next winter also, please see my details on my contact page if you would like to know more.<br />
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Its been a while since I posted anything so hope you guys are all well?</p>antonyspencerlongexposure winter sea snow seascape mountains ice norway coast view harbour arctic fjord reine arcticcircle lofotenislands landscpe hamnoy scndinaviaSolar Stormhttp://www.flickr.com/photos/antonyspencer/6842154665/
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<p>One more image from the incredible display of aurora we were fortunate to witness in Sweden a couple of weeks ago.<br />
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I think these forests are my favourite part of Arctic Scandinavia in winter, absolutely incredible to photograph.<br />
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I wanted to make some time lapse movies here but it was so cold that during a lens change the mirror froze down on my 1dsmkiii. I couldn't move it and I knew that if I got myself and my camera back into the warm car it would thaw out, but that would cause a bigger problem. As the sensor warms it will condensate with the warm air. When one gets the camera out into -35 again you run the risk of loosing the sensor altogether as it freezes up within seconds. Pretty tough going and unforgiving when it gets this cold! All part of the fun and experience though!<br />
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The aurora here is the only thing lighting the snow covered landscape, when the aurora dies away it gets very dark indeed and makes balancing the exposures more difficult.<br />
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Canon 5dmkii Nikon 14-24 @ 14mm 2.5 seconds @ f2.8 iso 3200</p>Wed, 08 Feb 2012 09:47:20 -08002012-01-24T21:48:42-08:00nobody@flickr.com (antonyspencer)tag:flickr.com,2004:/photo/6842154665Solar Storm<p>One more image from the incredible display of aurora we were fortunate to witness in Sweden a couple of weeks ago.<br />
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I think these forests are my favourite part of Arctic Scandinavia in winter, absolutely incredible to photograph.<br />
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I wanted to make some time lapse movies here but it was so cold that during a lens change the mirror froze down on my 1dsmkiii. I couldn't move it and I knew that if I got myself and my camera back into the warm car it would thaw out, but that would cause a bigger problem. As the sensor warms it will condensate with the warm air. When one gets the camera out into -35 again you run the risk of loosing the sensor altogether as it freezes up within seconds. Pretty tough going and unforgiving when it gets this cold! All part of the fun and experience though!<br />
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The aurora here is the only thing lighting the snow covered landscape, when the aurora dies away it gets very dark indeed and makes balancing the exposures more difficult.<br />
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Canon 5dmkii Nikon 14-24 @ 14mm 2.5 seconds @ f2.8 iso 3200</p>antonyspencertrees winter snow cold ice pine landscape frozen europe sweden arctic aurora astronomy nordic scandinavia kiruna spruce northernlights auroraborealis arcticcircle magneticfield solarstorm earthandspace frozenforest bestnewcomer competition:astrophoto=2012Treetop Aurora, Swedenhttp://www.flickr.com/photos/antonyspencer/6830949045/
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<p>The last Arctic trip was probably the best in terms of consistent evenings filled with aurora and clear skies I have had in many trips over the last few years. This solar storm was the result of a large solar flare on the sun, a flare that actually exploded as we made our way to the airport in the early hours of the morning on the 23rd January. <br />
I was immediately getting excited and planning a location to ensure we got to clear skies to witness this event. We headed straight for the Lofoten Islands only to find the weather was looking too unpredictable so grabbed a few hours sleep before heading straight into Sweden to an incredible frozen forest. Some of the auroral formations and patterns were fantastic here, I spent ages trying to find relationships between the needles and needle type tree tops but this was the best burst I saw all evening for shape and structure.<br />
It was stupendously cold here, the temperature hit -35C but it was worth it for the incredible display, crystal clear skies and the images we managed during the few daylight hours the next day. <br />
Cant wait to do this all again in just two weeks time!<br />
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Canon 5dmkii Nikon 14-24 4 seconds @ f2.8 iso 3200.</p>Mon, 06 Feb 2012 10:07:02 -08002012-01-24T21:53:21-08:00nobody@flickr.com (antonyspencer)tag:flickr.com,2004:/photo/6830949045Treetop Aurora, Sweden<p>The last Arctic trip was probably the best in terms of consistent evenings filled with aurora and clear skies I have had in many trips over the last few years. This solar storm was the result of a large solar flare on the sun, a flare that actually exploded as we made our way to the airport in the early hours of the morning on the 23rd January. <br />
I was immediately getting excited and planning a location to ensure we got to clear skies to witness this event. We headed straight for the Lofoten Islands only to find the weather was looking too unpredictable so grabbed a few hours sleep before heading straight into Sweden to an incredible frozen forest. Some of the auroral formations and patterns were fantastic here, I spent ages trying to find relationships between the needles and needle type tree tops but this was the best burst I saw all evening for shape and structure.<br />
It was stupendously cold here, the temperature hit -35C but it was worth it for the incredible display, crystal clear skies and the images we managed during the few daylight hours the next day. <br />
Cant wait to do this all again in just two weeks time!<br />
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Canon 5dmkii Nikon 14-24 4 seconds @ f2.8 iso 3200.</p>antonyspencerwinter snow storm tree ice pine night forest stars frozen sweden arctic aurora nordic scandinavia kiruna spruce northernlights auroraborealis arcticcircle magneticstorm earthandspace frozenforest bestnewcomer competition:astrophoto=2012Aurora Borealishttp://www.flickr.com/photos/antonyspencer/5709885394/
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<p>A fantastic display of Aurora Borealis from the last trip of the Aurora season back in March. Its far too light now to see even the strongest aurora anywhere in the Arctic Circle.<br />
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Im running many trips back up into Arctic Norway and will be travelling across Scandinavia again from September onwards through the winter. I can't wait to get back into the Arctic and I'm counting the days again now.<br />
Workshops are listed on my website and the link is available on my profile page <a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/antonyspencer/">www.flickr.com/people/antonyspencer/</a><br />
One has sold out and the others are selling fast so please contact me if you are interested in going.<br />
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I also have a few U.K workshops coming up, some photographing Lavender at a stunning West Country lavender farm with Doug Chinnery and a Cornish summer seascape weekend with Jason Theaker in August too. Please contact me for more details or use the link to my profile and website for more information.</p>Wed, 11 May 2011 03:33:11 -07002011-03-22T23:02:17-08:00nobody@flickr.com (antonyspencer)tag:flickr.com,2004:/photo/5709885394Aurora Borealis<p>A fantastic display of Aurora Borealis from the last trip of the Aurora season back in March. Its far too light now to see even the strongest aurora anywhere in the Arctic Circle.<br />
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Im running many trips back up into Arctic Norway and will be travelling across Scandinavia again from September onwards through the winter. I can't wait to get back into the Arctic and I'm counting the days again now.<br />
Workshops are listed on my website and the link is available on my profile page <a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/antonyspencer/">www.flickr.com/people/antonyspencer/</a><br />
One has sold out and the others are selling fast so please contact me if you are interested in going.<br />
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I also have a few U.K workshops coming up, some photographing Lavender at a stunning West Country lavender farm with Doug Chinnery and a Cornish summer seascape weekend with Jason Theaker in August too. Please contact me for more details or use the link to my profile and website for more information.</p>antonyspencersnow tree field norway pine finland circle stars landscape space arctic corona aurora nordic needles scandinavia majestic magnetic borealisArctic Sunsethttp://www.flickr.com/photos/antonyspencer/5413004979/
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<p>I've been trying to achieve an image like this for the last five Norway trips, light and conditions never combined in the right location until a couple of weeks ago. These little rorbu are just the most beautiful of buildings, the last rays of sunlight on the distant mountains was the perfect backdrop. These conditions are why I have such a fascination for the arctic, the light is just incredible, especially mid winter. When the few hours of daylight has gone the moonlight brings the snow covered landscape back to life, its hard to find time to sleep.<br />
This was the first time in a couple of months sunlight was visible here this far into the arctic north, it would have been a few days earlier but it was always too cloudy on the horizon.<br />
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Canon 1dsmkiii 70-200 3.2 secs @ f8 iso 100 Lee 0.6nd grad and nd B+W kaseman 105mm polariser</p>Thu, 03 Feb 2011 08:01:45 -08002011-01-24T11:45:28-08:00nobody@flickr.com (antonyspencer)tag:flickr.com,2004:/photo/5413004979Arctic Sunset<p>I've been trying to achieve an image like this for the last five Norway trips, light and conditions never combined in the right location until a couple of weeks ago. These little rorbu are just the most beautiful of buildings, the last rays of sunlight on the distant mountains was the perfect backdrop. These conditions are why I have such a fascination for the arctic, the light is just incredible, especially mid winter. When the few hours of daylight has gone the moonlight brings the snow covered landscape back to life, its hard to find time to sleep.<br />
This was the first time in a couple of months sunlight was visible here this far into the arctic north, it would have been a few days earlier but it was always too cloudy on the horizon.<br />
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Canon 1dsmkiii 70-200 3.2 secs @ f8 iso 100 Lee 0.6nd grad and nd B+W kaseman 105mm polariser</p>antonyspencertravel winter sunset snow mountains norway landscape cabin arctic fjord nordic scandinavia idyllic tromso troms rorbuLofoten Viewhttp://www.flickr.com/photos/antonyspencer/5162668674/
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<p>I've had this image open in photoshop for a few days and the more I look at it, the better it looks.<br />
This is the reason I love the Lofoten Islands so much. the views everywhere you go are just astounding. <br />
I really liked the way the road sucks you into the frame, just an amazing place to photograph.</p>Tue, 09 Nov 2010 14:36:59 -08002010-10-21T14:15:11-08:00nobody@flickr.com (antonyspencer)tag:flickr.com,2004:/photo/5162668674Lofoten View<p>I've had this image open in photoshop for a few days and the more I look at it, the better it looks.<br />
This is the reason I love the Lofoten Islands so much. the views everywhere you go are just astounding. <br />
I really liked the way the road sucks you into the frame, just an amazing place to photograph.</p>antonyspencerautumn sunset mountain snow norway circle landscape islands october arctic lofoten flakstad ramberg flakstadøya moskennesøyaErsfjordbotn Sunset iihttp://www.flickr.com/photos/antonyspencer/5143777690/
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<p>This image was made about half an hour before the last one. The sky was just beginning to change here and the light catching the mountain tops was a lovely touch. If only we had light like this the whole trip! Something about shooting with Joe and Hamish all week rubbed off, I ended up shooting mostly verticals! :-)<br />
5dmkii 24mm f1.4L ii 20 seconds @ f.16 iso 100. Lee 3 stop nd and 0.75 soft grad.</p>Wed, 03 Nov 2010 12:10:48 -07002010-10-25T13:41:24-08:00nobody@flickr.com (antonyspencer)tag:flickr.com,2004:/photo/5143777690Ersfjordbotn Sunset ii<p>This image was made about half an hour before the last one. The sky was just beginning to change here and the light catching the mountain tops was a lovely touch. If only we had light like this the whole trip! Something about shooting with Joe and Hamish all week rubbed off, I ended up shooting mostly verticals! :-)<br />
5dmkii 24mm f1.4L ii 20 seconds @ f.16 iso 100. Lee 3 stop nd and 0.75 soft grad.</p>antonyspencersunset snow mountains norway circle landscape rocks arctic fjord tromso tromsø troms ersfjord ersfjordbotnErsfjordbotn Sunsethttp://www.flickr.com/photos/antonyspencer/5140401973/
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<p>A lovely splash of colour from the last sunset in Norway last week. This image was made about a 1/4 mile from the accommodation we stay in when up near Tromsø. Ersfjordbotn is as beautiful as anywhere I have seen so far in Arctic Norway, I cant wait for the trips in the new year. <br />
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5dmkii 17-40 30 seconds @ f.11 iso 100. Lee o.9 nd and 0.75 soft grad.</p>Tue, 02 Nov 2010 14:13:57 -07002010-10-25T14:28:53-08:00nobody@flickr.com (antonyspencer)tag:flickr.com,2004:/photo/5140401973Ersfjordbotn Sunset<p>A lovely splash of colour from the last sunset in Norway last week. This image was made about a 1/4 mile from the accommodation we stay in when up near Tromsø. Ersfjordbotn is as beautiful as anywhere I have seen so far in Arctic Norway, I cant wait for the trips in the new year. <br />
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5dmkii 17-40 30 seconds @ f.11 iso 100. Lee o.9 nd and 0.75 soft grad.</p>antonyspencersunset snow mountains norway river circle landscape rocks arctic fjord tromso tromsø ersfjordbotnAurora reflectionshttp://www.flickr.com/photos/antonyspencer/5137766566/
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<p>Just back from an amazing trip in Arctic Norway, I seem to be saying this a lot recently but its just so fantastic I cant keep away from the place!<br />
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Ever since the first trip I've wanted to shoot Aurora Borealis reflected like this. As always the northern lights were pretty much illusive until the last night, we waited around here for hours under a mostly cloudy night sky in hope of a little piece of magic. Needless to say it happened, the light clouds parted and a burst of Aurora for 10 minutes occurred at the same time. Its always completely magical standing underneath them like this, even more so on the last night of the trip. We witnessed a few more breaks across the sky and a few more bands of the lights later, nothing seemed to compare to the first bout though.<br />
I think this soft and relatively low level of activity was perfect for this image, the perfect reflections and the moonlit snow covered landscape creates a tranquil atmosphere for me, I'm not so sure a bigger eruption of activity would have worked so well.<br />
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The company on the trip was fantastic, a great bunch of guys and a massive laugh everywhere we went. I think Joe caught the worst of the laughter with some stupendous questions at a couple of disbelieving Norwegian women! One of the funniest moments ever!<br />
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The guys-<br />
Joe- <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/24562498@N03/">www.flickr.com/photos/24562498@N03/</a><br />
Andy- <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/andyfarrer/">www.flickr.com/photos/andyfarrer/</a><br />
Hamish- <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/hamishroots/">www.flickr.com/photos/hamishroots/</a><br />
Gary- <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/bristol_bound/">www.flickr.com/photos/bristol_bound/</a><br />
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A massive thanks also to Ole, he always shares his locations with us and is bar far the greatest photographer of the northern lights I have ever seen or heard of, this stream really should be checked out... <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/salomonsen/">www.flickr.com/photos/salomonsen/</a> <br />
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Also a massive thanks to Arild and Hakon, we had a blast down in Lofoten with you guys. Arild, I will never forget the look on your face when you saw waves!!!! :-) I'm sorry about your polariser mate, I'll send you a new one to make up for it! <br />
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I'm now watching this potential eruption unfolding in Iceland hoping for some volcanic activity when I'm there in a few weeks time! That would be awesome!<br />
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Thanks for all the comments and flickrmails over the last week or so, every one is greatly appreciated! The whole thing is still massively overwhelming!</p>Mon, 01 Nov 2010 15:22:43 -07002010-10-25T23:10:21-08:00nobody@flickr.com (antonyspencer)tag:flickr.com,2004:/photo/5137766566Aurora reflections<p>Just back from an amazing trip in Arctic Norway, I seem to be saying this a lot recently but its just so fantastic I cant keep away from the place!<br />
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Ever since the first trip I've wanted to shoot Aurora Borealis reflected like this. As always the northern lights were pretty much illusive until the last night, we waited around here for hours under a mostly cloudy night sky in hope of a little piece of magic. Needless to say it happened, the light clouds parted and a burst of Aurora for 10 minutes occurred at the same time. Its always completely magical standing underneath them like this, even more so on the last night of the trip. We witnessed a few more breaks across the sky and a few more bands of the lights later, nothing seemed to compare to the first bout though.<br />
I think this soft and relatively low level of activity was perfect for this image, the perfect reflections and the moonlit snow covered landscape creates a tranquil atmosphere for me, I'm not so sure a bigger eruption of activity would have worked so well.<br />
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The company on the trip was fantastic, a great bunch of guys and a massive laugh everywhere we went. I think Joe caught the worst of the laughter with some stupendous questions at a couple of disbelieving Norwegian women! One of the funniest moments ever!<br />
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Andy- <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/andyfarrer/">www.flickr.com/photos/andyfarrer/</a><br />
Hamish- <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/hamishroots/">www.flickr.com/photos/hamishroots/</a><br />
Gary- <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/bristol_bound/">www.flickr.com/photos/bristol_bound/</a><br />
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A massive thanks also to Ole, he always shares his locations with us and is bar far the greatest photographer of the northern lights I have ever seen or heard of, this stream really should be checked out... <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/salomonsen/">www.flickr.com/photos/salomonsen/</a> <br />
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Also a massive thanks to Arild and Hakon, we had a blast down in Lofoten with you guys. Arild, I will never forget the look on your face when you saw waves!!!! :-) I'm sorry about your polariser mate, I'll send you a new one to make up for it! <br />
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Hakon- <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/hknivers/">www.flickr.com/photos/hknivers/</a><br />
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I'm now watching this potential eruption unfolding in Iceland hoping for some volcanic activity when I'm there in a few weeks time! That would be awesome!<br />
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Thanks for all the comments and flickrmails over the last week or so, every one is greatly appreciated! The whole thing is still massively overwhelming!</p>antonyspencersnow mountains norway reflections circle landscape lights calm arctic aurora northern borealis tromso tromsøLofoten Reflectionshttp://www.flickr.com/photos/antonyspencer/5072388898/
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I didn't post this one straight away as it was very similar to an image Gary posted from the trip. Found it again today whilst going through the hard drive in anticipation of the trip next week and thought I would give this one a look.<br />
The light you get this far north in the middle of winter is absolutely stunning, you can shoot all night and all through the day. This was taken approximately in the middle of the daylight hours. I know the sun will be a little higher and more harsh during the day on the next trip but really cant wait to get back to the Lofoten Islands anyway!</p>Mon, 11 Oct 2010 10:08:18 -07002010-01-28T10:07:41-08:00nobody@flickr.com (antonyspencer)tag:flickr.com,2004:/photo/5072388898Lofoten Reflections<p><a href="http://fiveprime.org/blackmagic.cgi?bg=59595A" rel="nofollow">Large on grey</a><br />
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I didn't post this one straight away as it was very similar to an image Gary posted from the trip. Found it again today whilst going through the hard drive in anticipation of the trip next week and thought I would give this one a look.<br />
The light you get this far north in the middle of winter is absolutely stunning, you can shoot all night and all through the day. This was taken approximately in the middle of the daylight hours. I know the sun will be a little higher and more harsh during the day on the next trip but really cant wait to get back to the Lofoten Islands anyway!</p>antonyspencerbridge winter sunset snow mountains ice sunrise reflections landscape islands still fjord colourful spencer antony lofoten moskenes flakstad flakstadøya moskenesøya kakernbruaSortland fjordhttp://www.flickr.com/photos/antonyspencer/4379289019/
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This image was taken about 40 feet from the car after a quick break on our journey from the Lofoten Islands to Andoya. <br />
The views are like this nearly the entire length of the couple hundred mile journey, impossible not to stop and take advantage of a few of them.<br />
I really like this image and it captured the calm scene exactly as I remembered it. I don't like the rock in the bottom right corner that touches the edges of the frame but it was done to conceal a bunch of messy rocks I didn't want to include.</p>Mon, 22 Feb 2010 11:41:34 -08002010-01-30T07:59:51-08:00nobody@flickr.com (antonyspencer)tag:flickr.com,2004:/photo/4379289019Sortland fjord<p><b><a href="http://fiveprime.org/blackmagic" rel="nofollow"> view large...B l a c k M a g i c</a></b><br />
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This image was taken about 40 feet from the car after a quick break on our journey from the Lofoten Islands to Andoya. <br />
The views are like this nearly the entire length of the couple hundred mile journey, impossible not to stop and take advantage of a few of them.<br />
I really like this image and it captured the calm scene exactly as I remembered it. I don't like the rock in the bottom right corner that touches the edges of the frame but it was done to conceal a bunch of messy rocks I didn't want to include.</p>antonyspencerwinter mountain snow seascape mountains cold ice norway zeiss reflections circle landscape frozen arctic fjord spencer northern antony 25mm sortland nordland 5dmkiiAurora Borealis, Kattfjordeidethttp://www.flickr.com/photos/antonyspencer/4363264846/
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A band of Aurora follows the lake and mountains into the distance at Kattfjordeidet, near Tromsø.<br />
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The ice we were standing on here seemed really thick but every 5-10 mins would expand and sounded like a cannon being fired. Certainly enough to make me very nervous!</p>Tue, 16 Feb 2010 11:07:14 -08002010-02-02T01:34:43-08:00nobody@flickr.com (antonyspencer)tag:flickr.com,2004:/photo/4363264846Aurora Borealis, Kattfjordeidet<p><b><a href="http://fiveprime.org/blackmagic" rel="nofollow"> view large...B l a c k M a g i c</a></b><br />
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A band of Aurora follows the lake and mountains into the distance at Kattfjordeidet, near Tromsø.<br />
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The ice we were standing on here seemed really thick but every 5-10 mins would expand and sounded like a cannon being fired. Certainly enough to make me very nervous!</p>antonyspencerlake snow mountains green ice norway night circle stars landscape lights frozen arctic aurora fjord colourful spencer northern antony borealis tromso tromsø tromsSvolvær, Lofoten Islandshttp://www.flickr.com/photos/antonyspencer/4352138432/
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Low cloud across the bay at Svolvær in the beautiful Lofoten Islands. Unfortunately the good light didn't last for the time we had down here. The aim was to concentrate on places like Å, Moskennes and Reine but an 18 hour snow storm and a frozen water system in our rorbu put an end to that. <br />
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Its extremely difficult to drive down to Å without being distracted on the road down through Lofoten. Around every bend is a completely stunning landscape and we just didn't get down there in time. I can't wait to get back with more time to spend, and see it all in decent light. Lofoten is without doubt the most beautiful area I have ever visited.</p>Fri, 12 Feb 2010 12:21:34 -08002010-01-28T00:03:18-08:00nobody@flickr.com (antonyspencer)tag:flickr.com,2004:/photo/4352138432Svolvær, Lofoten Islands<p><b><a href="http://fiveprime.org/blackmagic" rel="nofollow"> view large...B l a c k M a g i c</a></b><br />
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Low cloud across the bay at Svolvær in the beautiful Lofoten Islands. Unfortunately the good light didn't last for the time we had down here. The aim was to concentrate on places like Å, Moskennes and Reine but an 18 hour snow storm and a frozen water system in our rorbu put an end to that. <br />
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Its extremely difficult to drive down to Å without being distracted on the road down through Lofoten. Around every bend is a completely stunning landscape and we just didn't get down there in time. I can't wait to get back with more time to spend, and see it all in decent light. Lofoten is without doubt the most beautiful area I have ever visited.</p>antonyspencerocean winter snow seascape mountains cold norway night circle landscape islands calm arctic fjord spencer antony lofoten svolvaerGrøtfjord, Tromshttp://www.flickr.com/photos/antonyspencer/4344371234/
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Probably the only freshwater we saw in Norway that wasn't frozen solid. I really liked the curves through the frozen beach and the mountains in the distance. I wanted to get lower to take this image and fill the foreground with some really nice frozen details but the lower I got, the more the lovely shape of this stream was sacrificed. I settled for about chest hight which I think was a good decision and this is one of my favourite images of the trip.<br />
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Probably the only freshwater we saw in Norway that wasn't frozen solid. I really liked the curves through the frozen beach and the mountains in the distance. I wanted to get lower to take this image and fill the foreground with some really nice frozen details but the lower I got, the more the lovely shape of this stream was sacrificed. I settled for about chest hight which I think was a good decision and this is one of my favourite images of the trip.<br />
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<p>A completely different Aurora image to the last few. A drastic change to the settings in camera with a much faster lens seemed to have caught loads more of the colours. They needed pulling out of the raw file a little also but I'm really happy with the colours in this one!<br />
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Zeiss 50mm f1.4, 1 sec @ f1.4 iso 1600</p>antonyspencerwinter red snow mountains green norway night circle stars landscape lights rainbow europe purple north arctic aurora fjord colourful spencer northern antony borealis tromso tromsø tromsAurora Borealis, Norwayhttp://www.flickr.com/photos/antonyspencer/4865882699/
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One last Aurora image from a frozen lake just outside Tromsø from earlier in the year.<br />
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One last Aurora image from a frozen lake just outside Tromsø from earlier in the year.<br />
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